BLOOMINGTON, IL. (EWCd) – While Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner was on “temporary leave of absence” several people sent him emails asking for answers to certain questions. He has yet to answer either […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL> (ECWD) – From BLNNEWS.com: Click here: Know something about CIAM or Coliseum? The Illinois State Police are still investigating! If you have information applicable to the case call them. 815-844-1500 Follow […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Thanks go to Diane Benjamin, BLNNEWS.COM, for her relentless pursuit of public records! Diane’s pursuit of these records included her first ever lawsuit, filed in hand-written form, after […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Edgar County Watchdogs talk to BLNNEW.com founder Diane Benjamin about the use of city credit to purchase an airplane ticket for Bloomington Mayors Tari Renner’s girlfriend to join […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – After outing Bloomington’s use of public credit to purchase an airline ticket for Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner’s girlfriend to go on vacation in Japan, he came out defiantly […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – After posting an article exposing the fact that the City of Bloomington, Illinois had purchased an airplane ticket for Margot Erhlich, Mayor Tari Renner’s girlfriend, to presumably accompany […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Bloomington Illinois’ Mayor Tari Renner took another vacation, I mean took another “business trip” to Bloomington’s Japan Sister City. It is our understanding he is in Japan as […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Although the City of Bloomington violated the law by failing to produce requested records within the timeline established by the Freedom of Information Act, they did finally produce […]

Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) – Curtis Webb, recently fired employee who worked for VenuWorks as Executive Director of the US Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, IL. is apparently being investigated in Minnesota for potential fraud […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – The Bloomington Election Commission and its Municipal Officers Electoral Board has rescheduled the hearing previously scheduled for Thursday (where they failed once again to properly post the agenda) […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – We have already pointed out two recent examples of the Bloomington Election Commission violating the Open Meetings Act, and have also found another one – from 2014. The Commission admitted […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – A lawsuit was filed on September 30, 2016, naming the City of Bloomington as Defendant. The suit alleges the city is withholding nonexempt public records in violation of the […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – The Edgar County Watchdogs will be in Bloomington, Illinois with Americans For Prosperity Foundation on September 24th, from 8:00 a.m. until noon at the Holiday Inn and Suites […]

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – This past week, after a three-year delay, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor has finally issued a determination of an alleged Open Meetings Act complaint filed by […]

Chicago, IL. (ECWd) – Bloomington, Illinois’ McLean County Board Chairman Matt Sorensen, former State Farm employee, named in federal indictment coming out of the Northern District of Illinois. The indictment, containing 14 […]